906 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. ann. 35 



15 Then YaqEyalisEm ^V 6) arose and thanked him for liis speech; ] 

 and when he stopped speaking, the men went out. | When they were 

 outside, YaqKyallsEm (V 6) | and his wife (V 7) dug a hole in the 

 middle of the roar of their house one fathom | in length, in the dircc- 



20 tion toward the door of the house, and || half a fathom wide. Then 

 Head-Princess (V 7) told them | to put all the soil which she dug out 

 of it into boxes, | so that it might not be seen, as is done by the | 

 L !aL lasiqwala when they dig this hole, when they are gomg to hare 

 a ghost-dance. | Generally they put the soil into boxes, and they H 



25 put them down in a corner of the dancing-house, where nobody 

 walks, I and they cover them over with mats, and sometimes they 

 lay roof-boards | over them. Thus was done by YaqEyallsEm (V 6) 

 with the soil that he dug out. | When it was deep enough for a taU 

 man | to stand in the hole and to be visible for one-half of his body, 



30 they stopped digging; || and Head-Princess (V 7) asked YaqEj^ahsEm 

 (V 6) to get a pole | not too thick, four finger-widths in diameter. | 

 Then YaqEyahsEm went to get it | out of the woods, and he brought 

 a stick two fathoms long. | He cut it in two, and put sharp points || 



35 at the ends. After domg so, his wife | took up one of the polos and 

 put it down into the hole that had been dug | at the end toward the 



15 Wa, la^lae Liix^ullle YaqEyallsEma qa^las moles waldEmas. Wai 

 g'il^Em'lawise qlwel^edExs lae ^wPla hoqiiwElseda bebEgwanEme. 

 Wa, g'll^Em^lawise ^wFIeweIsexs liia^l ^laplide YaqEyallsEma 

 LE^wis gEUEmaxa nacioLiwalilases g'okwaxa ^nEmplEuk'as ^wasgE- 

 mase laxEns baLax, gwebalil laxa tlEX'llasa g'okwe. Wii, hVlae 



20 UEqlEbod hixEns baLiiqe ^wadzEgEg'aasa. Wa, laEm^lae ^nek'e 

 K' ledelEma^ye, qa^s kMats!alesa dzEqwa ^lalpmotas laxa k"!ek'!Em- 

 yaxLa, qa k'leses dogiile gwastaasases lax gwegulasasa LalLla- 

 siqwrdaxs ^lapaaxa he gwex'se ytxs laloltsellLe, ylxs hemEna- 

 ia^mae k'!ats!alasa dzEqwa laxa k" !ek" lEmyaxLa, qa^s la ha^nEm- 



25 g'alilas laxa onegwilasa lobEkwe laxa k'lese qayatsa bebEgwa- 

 nEme, qa^s naxuyindesa le^wa^ye laq ; Loxs paqEyalllaasa saokwe 

 laq. Wa, lieEm^lawise gwex'^ide YaqEyallsEmaxes ^l&lpmote dzE- 

 qwa. Wa, aEm^lawise gwanala qa nEgoyowesa gildExsde bEgwa- 

 uEmxs Laats !ae lax ^walabEtalilalasas ^lapa^yasexs lae gwal ^lapaq. 



30 Wii, la^ae axk' !ale K' !edelEma^yax YaqEyallsEma, qa ax^edesex 

 k' !esa LEk" dzoxtimaxa modEux'sawa wag'idas laxEns q !waq !wax'- 

 tslana^yex. Wii, hex-idaEm-lawise YilqEyallsEma lit ax^edEq la.xa 

 iiLle. Wii, g"ax4ae wikElaxa malp!Enk'as ^wiisgEmase liixEns baLa.x. 

 Wa, lii^lae tsEX"s^EndEq qa uExses. Wa, la^lae dzodzox"bEndEx 



35 epsba^yas, qa ex'bes. Wa, giPEm^liiwise gwiilExs hia^lae gEnEmas 

 ax'edxa ^uEmtsIaqa laxa dzoxiime, qa^s lii Lats!ots laxes ^hipa^ye. 

 Wa, laEm^lae gwebeltsia laxa tlEX'iliisa g'okwe. Wa, la^lae Lane- 



